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In the summer of 2013, Kanye West was charged with battery and grand theft after attacking a paparazzi at LAX. Now, after completing 250 hours of community service (including a stint teaching a fashion class at L.A. Trade Tech), fulfilling 24 months of probation, attending 24 private anger management sessions, and paying for the photographer's medical fees, it's like the whole thing never happened!
According to court records found by TMZ, Kanye's request for the case to be expunged from his record was approved by a judge. Back in 2014, Kanye pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges.
In July 2013, Kanye, who had recently demanded paparazzi stop taking photos of him and people he knew, exited LAX and was met with...paparazzi. One videographer kept heckling him, and Kanye lunged—the death stares he was giving the camera were really something.
But, anyway—it's all good now! Hopefully this will leave Yeezy with more time to pursue other interests, such as redesigning the Clippers' mascot.
